- Employees feel significantly less job distress if they work at companies that are open and transparent about the firm’s finances, including budgets and profits. The importance of financial transparency was particularly important for workers who weren’t covered by collective bargaining agreements. https://news.osu.edu/less-job-stress-for-workers-at-financially-transparent-firms/ 24 comments science
- Nigel Farage seventh on list of MEPs' outside earnings - Nigel Farage has earned between £524,000 and £700,000 through TV and radio work in the last four years, according to transparency campaigners who are calling on MEPs to be more open about second jobs. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/10/nigel-farage-seventh-on-list-of-meps-outside-earnings 6 comments worldnews
- After learning JS and working on a couple small experiments, this is my first open-source project: a YouTube downloader optimized for speed and transparency. https://github.com/centipede5/youtubemp4 8 comments javascript
- Apple's iMessage in iOS 5 works transparently. Text an iOS device and it's an iMessage. Text anyone else and it's an SMS. This should be an open standard, screw texting fees. http://m.cultofmac.com/imessage-is-going-to-be-huge-heres-our-hands-on-look-at-how-it-works/99296 54 comments technology
- Openstandard, a new news website by Mozilla, the purpose being to provide online news coverage of open, transparent, and collaborative systems at work in technology and our daily lives. https://openstandard.mozilla.org/ 8 comments opensource
- Some rich reading from the Whitehouse web site - "My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency" http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/transparency_and_open_government/ 4 comments politics